The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $15,496,802 to help the Town of Holden Beach restore sand and vegetation on the Central Reach shoreline damaged by Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $2,392,008 to reimburse the North Carolina Department of Transportation for roadway repairs after Hurricane Florence in Robeson County.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Claudette Edwards as the new warden of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh.
Edwards had been the interim warden at the prison since August 2020.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of her active sentence outside of prison who has absconded from her residential location in Concord.
A Franklin Correctional Center offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.
A Franklin Correctional Center offender who tested positive for COVID-19 has died at a hospital.
Offender Rashaun Mason (#1054504) died March 11, 2021 at Bertie Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide.
He was found unresponsive in a housing area at 1:20 p.m.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Angela (Angie) Smith as Director of Juvenile Facilities Operations. Smith most recently served as interim director following the Feb. 1 retirement of James Speight.
Beginning today, eligible members of the public can make appointments online for a vaccine at the federally supported COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center in Greensboro at Four Seasons Town Centre